Prospectus Hit List for July 3

Hit List for July 2
Hit List for July 8Hit List updates are published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting April 2, 2014. Data presented here is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

47

37

44.5

43.7

44.4

.504

.524

11.7%

25.8%

37.6%

-4.9%

6.0%

Manny Machado had one hit. It was not a double. The Orioles lost. Coincidence? Yes, probably!

2

42

41

39.4

38.3

38.7

.502

.482

7.9%

11.5%

19.4%

-4.6%

-1.3%

Somehow Stephen Strasburg hasn't yet figured out how to get the opposing team out AND make his team hit. He'll figure it out though. Give him some time...

3

48

35

44.4

44.9

45.2

.551

.570

54.7%

25.5%

80.1%

-4.6%

1.1%

Justin Grimm: one strikeout, two walks, three homers allowed, four innings pitched, five earned runs, six runs, and seven hits. If only he’d had eight balks. *sigh*

4

42

41

41.3

39.3

39.4

.499

.479

30.2%

2.3%

32.5%

-3.6%

-20.9%

Patrick Corbin was 9-0. He's still 9-0 as long as you subtract last night's loss.

5

39

44

38.1

40.2

41.2

.492

.472

12.5%

1.1%

13.6%

-3.0%

-7.2%

Asked about Homer Bailey no-hitting his team, manager Bruce Bochy said, “Yeah, he Puig’d us pretty good. All credit to him for that. We’ll lick our wounds tonight and then get back and try to Puig them tomorrow.”

6

41

42

41.9

38.7

40.5

.493

.513

1.2%

4.6%

5.8%

-1.6%

-1.8%

Colby Rasmus is hitting .244/.316/.465. It may not be a breakout but it isn’t a breakdown either. Or for that matter a breakup. (He loves you, he really does.)

7

38

42

40.9

34.6

35.4

.468

.488

1.0%

0.9%

1.9%

-1.6%

-0.6%

The Royals got a grand slam from Alex Gordon and lost anyway because they're the Royals.

8

40

44

38.4

38.0

37.3

.465

.446

5.3%

0.4%

5.6%

-1.5%

-4.4%

The Padres have one of the least valuable bullpens in the game, something that seems like it would be difficult to accomplish even if you were trying to do it.